"The Brothers Bloom" might be one of the most satisfying con-caper films ever made. Published May 22, 2009
Ten-year-old Edward, like any boy his age, has a few questions he'd like answered. Will his parents' troubled marriage survive? Is there life after death? "Can I have my room back now that Arthur's dead?"...
Gael Garcia Bernal and Diego Luna burned up the screen in the smoldering 2002 film "Y tu mama tambien." The pair have reunited for the first time since then for "Rudo y Cursi," the directorial debut of...
"Appaloosa" contains seemingly every well-worn cliche of the Western. There are the strong, silent gunmen and the sassy woman who's more afraid of them dying than they are themselves. Published ...
Sleeping Beauy: 50th Anniversary Platinum Edition (Disney, $29.99 for DVD, $35.99 for Blu-ray) - High definition isn't just for cool car chases and breathtaking vistas. Disney is banking on the format...
Talk about an Oedipus complex. Hallam Foe, the title character of this strange and striking film, ends each day by saying good night to a poster-sized photograph of his mum. He stalks and then starts...
"Changeling" is a well-made film, but "slick," not "substantial," is the word to describe it all. Published October 24, 2008
"I killed my mother when I was four years old, and that was all I knew about myself," Lily Owens tells us at the beginning of "The Secret Life of Bees." Published ...
Justin Dillon never intended to become a filmmaker. He hadn't even decided to make a movie until he was halfway through the project that became his directorial debut. Published ...
The movie musical has undergone a big revival in the past five years. When the big-screen adaptation of "Chicago" won the Oscar for best picture in 2003, it set the stage for "Dreamgirls," "Hairspray"...
"Choke" one very black comedy. Strangely enough, it's also mature and moving. This unlikely combination makes it one of the best films of the year. Published ...
We all know someone a little like Poppy, the effervescent center of British writer-director Mike Leigh's latest film, "Happy-Go-Lucky." Published October 17,...
Last year's chick flicks, from "Sex and the City" to "Mamma Mia!" to "The Women," celebrated female friendships. This year's first entry in the genre shows the darker - some might say more realistic -...
"Last Chance Harvey" stars Emma Thompson and Dustin Hoffman. If it didn't, there wouldn't be any reason to watch it. Published January 16, 2009 ...
"A friend really needs to see this movie," whispered the gal I'd taken to see "He's Just Not That Into You." Published February 6, 2009
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Renee Zellweger might be "New in Town," but not much in this mostly by-the-books chick flick is. Published January 30, 2009
"Confessions of a Shopaholic" could have been the perfect movie for these economically troubled times. Sadly, "Shopaholic" isn't even a very good piece of fluff. Published ...
Could "The International" be any more topical? The title villain of this gripping action thriller is a big, bad bank. Published February 13, 2009 ...
"The Class" is up for an Oscar for best foreign-language film this weekend — but there's nothing foreign feeling about it. Published February 20, 2009 ...
Twentieth Century Fox yesterday swooped in like a fantasy novel's knight in shining armor to save "The Chronicles of Narnia." Whether Fox can learn from Disney's mistakes and reinvigorate a family franchise...
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